Origin II is a sequel to Marvel’s controversial series that peeled back the at that point unknown, and confusing, history of their cash-cow Wolverine. This five-part series comes to us by the talented team of writer Kieron Gillen andartist Adam Kubert. Promising another unknown chapter in the character’s history, it’s hinted as “one that shapes the hero he was destined to become.”

Set a few years after the events of Origin, Origin II finds James Howlett running with the wolves…until something unexpected brings him back into the world he left behind. We’ll follow the first X-Man as he finds his way back to civilization and runs afoul of someone Sinister. Someone who has just discovered mutantkind for the first time. Plus, we’ll discover the shocking secret behind James’ greatest foe! Now he must choose: is he man or is he beast?